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House Journal: Page 1213: Thursday, April 2, 1998

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 1     2.  Page 10, by inserting before line 1 the
 2   following:
 3                                  "DIVISION ___
 4      DEFINITION OF VETERAN FOR PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION
 5     Sec. ___.  Section 427.3, subsections 1 and 2, Code
 6   1997, are amended to read as follows:
 7     1.  The property, not to exceed two thousand seven
 8   hundred seventy-eight dollars in taxable value of any
 9   honorably discharged soldier, sailor, marine, or nurse
10   veteran, as defined in subsection 3, of the first
11   World War.
12     2.  The property, not to exceed one thousand eight
13   hundred fifty-two dollars in taxable value of an
14   honorably separated, retired, furloughed to a reserve,
15   placed on inactive status, or discharged soldier,
16   sailor, marine, or nurse of the second World War from
17   December 7, 1941, to December 31, 1946, army of
18   occupation in Germany from November 12, 1918, to July
19   11, 1923, American expeditionary forces in Siberia
20   from November 12, 1918, to April 30, 1920, second
21   Nicaraguan campaign with the navy or marines in
22   Nicaragua or on combatant ships 1926-1933, second
23   Haitian suppression of insurrections 1919-1920, navy
24   and marine operations in China 1937-1939 and Yangtze
25   service with navy and marines in Shanghai or in the
26   Yangtze Valley 1926-1927 and 1930-1932 or of the
27   Korean Conflict at any time between June 25, 1950, and
28   January 31, 1955, both dates inclusive, or those who
29   served on active duty during the Vietnam Conflict
30   beginning December 22, 1961, and ending May 7, 1975,
31   both dates inclusive, or those who served on active
32   duty during the Persian Gulf Conflict at any time
33   between August 2, 1990, and the date the president or
34   the Congress of the United States declares a permanent
35   cessation of hostilities, both dates inclusive
36   veteran, as defined in subsection 3.  However, if
37   Congress enacts a date different from August 2, 1990,
38   as the beginning of the Persian Gulf Conflict for
39   purposes of determining whether a veteran is entitled
40   to receive military benefits as a veteran of the
41   Persian Gulf Conflict, that date shall be substituted
42   for August 2, 1990.  For the purposes of this section,
43   "active duty" means full-time duty in the armed forces
44   of the United States, excluding active duty for
45   training purposes only and excluding any period a
46   person was assigned by the armed forces to a civilian
47   institution for a course of education or training
48   which was substantially the same as established
49   courses offered to civilians, or as a cadet or
50   midshipman, however enrolled, at one of the service

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